If children are not permitted-not taught-to be adventurers and explorers as children, what will become of the world...?

Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at any time in the history of the world.

... and because it was a drunken perception, it was perfect, entire, and lasted about half a second.

So it was scary, but that's how it goes. To my great delight, I discovered that it did all belong.

Mr. Feld was right; life was like baseball, filled with loss and error, with bad hops and wild pitches, a game in which even champions lost almost as often as they won, and even the best hitters were put out seventy percent of the time.

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel.

Never say love is "like" anything... It isn't.